Applies to: Exchange Server 2007
Topic Last Modified: 2007-06-12

Use the Master Account page to select the forest and link the mailbox to the master account. This page appears only if you selected Linked Mailbox on the Introduction page.

For more information about linked mailboxes, see Understanding Recipients.

Trusted forest or domain

Click Browse to open the Select Trusted Forest or Domain dialog box. Select the forest or domain that contains the master account, and then click OK. This will enable the Browse button next to the Linked domain controller check box.

Use the following Windows user account to access linked domain controller

Select this check box if you want to specify a different user account. To access the domain controller in the linked forest, you can use a user account other than the one you are currently logged on as. Select the User name and Password check boxes to type the credentials of the user account.

Linked domain controller

Click Browse to open the Select Domain Controller dialog box. Select the domain controller you want, and then click OK. Selecting a valid linked domain controller will enable the Browse button next to the Linked master account check box.

Linked master account

Click Browse to open the Select Master Account dialog box. Select the user account that you want to use as the master account, and then click OK.